The Koch Brothers’ Ideological Alma Mater

With a large Libertarian contingency here, some might wonder how the ideals took root in Colorado Springs. Part of the answer may come from a New Yorker article from last year titled “Covert Operations” by Jane Mayer about Tea Party funders Charles and David Koch, now at the center of the collective bargaining debate in Wisconsin. The New Yorker article referred to a now-defunct Colorado Springs-based libertarian institution called The Freedom School whose founder, Robert LeFevre, Charles Koch greatly admired.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the Rampart College campus was sold in November of 1968. Rampart College remained open in Santa Ana, California until 1975. Many thanks to Jen Newman, Mike Procell, Jeff Bieri, Vicky Gregor and Craig Richardson for lending their voices to this piece.

Just read the New Yorker article. Typical liberal trash. Publishing the Koch brothers as “…lawbreakers…” is a new low in journalistic standards for the New Yorker. I should know, I continue to maintain my 25 year subscription to the magazine. Keeps me in tune with the strategic underpinnings of the Democratic Party.

I will resume my contributions to local public radio, once we have succeeded in de-funding NPR from federal funds. One only needs to listen to an hour of 90.7 KPFK (one of our local public radio stations) to understand why federal funding such rubbish must stop. My ears bleed when I tune in.

Just read the New Yorker article. Hmm… Kochs, immensely rich beyond belief, engage in political and policy strategies to pile up even more personal riches. I can’t imagine even beginning to identify with their politics.

This video highlights some of the reasons why I ended my flirtation with the Libertarian Party after Harry Browne died. Very few “libertarians” are true to the principles of libertarianism if they in fact know what they are – thus the easy co-option into the Tea Party.

I got a kick out of Mr.Pohlod’s comments about the Koch Bros. article and his penitente form of I guess conservatism that has him listening to and paying for things he doesn’t like. He said he has read/paid for the New Yorker for 25 years but the best insult he can come up with is “typical liberal trash”? Even Popeye came up with “Why I oughta…..” Refund please!

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